DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.1 - - 74.9 - - 71.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 178 - - 123 - - -67 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2237 - - 3771 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2065 - - 2955 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3126 - - 4660 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 992 - - 1379 - - 611 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 307 - - 320 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 19 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 229 - - 211 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 39 - - -352 - - -4165 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3087 - - 5012 - - 5103 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2732 - - -3696 - - -9032 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5858 - - 8356 - - 9970 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 82 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 540 - - 1040 - - 580 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.1 - - 74.9 - - 71.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.5 - - 55.9 - - 52.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.1 - - 74.3 - - 74.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.6 - - 55.4 - - 52.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 178 - - 123 - - -67 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2237 - - 3771 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 43 - - 28 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 9 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96451 32 239 31 258 44 265 96451 89146 17 257 17 240 19 251 89146 83539 17 237 18 241 17 270 83539 78916 15 246 17 249 21 260 78916 74955 14 252 18 259 24 267 74955 71468 17 276 18 268 20 259 71468 68309 25 273 25 275 24 273 68309 65390 29 267 32 272 29 279 65390 62661 34 272 36 278 34 284 62661 60004 38 275 42 273 39 275 60004 57215 44 272 46 263 42 271 57215 54311 54 270 50 271 55 273 54311 51543 60 269 60 272 58 270 51543 49059 62 270 65 271 55 270 49059 46847 64 270 69 271 58 274 46847 44869 65 272 71 269 65 272 44869 43088 63 273 66 267 66 266 43088 41463 59 272 60 265 63 268 41463 39961 55 270 56 265 65 272 39961 38556 52 271 56 266 67 271 38556 37231 53 273 58 266 65 271 37231 35945 54 271 58 265 64 270 35945 34632 52 270 57 264 63 268 34632 33265 48 268 56 266 61 270 33265 31845 45 267 57 267 59 272 31845 30360 43 269 57 269 55 272 30360 28801 44 273 57 271 50 278 28801 27171 45 277 54 273 49 282 27171 25467 46 281 54 276 50 279 25467 23689 47 278 52 275 47 275 23689 21839 47 273 44 276 42 275 21839 19908 44 271 38 285 37 280 19908 17891 41 269 40 286 39 282 17891 15828 36 264 41 289 43 279 15828 13832 33 265 35 293 44 275 13832 12008 29 270 31 291 41 271 12008 10379 26 268 32 277 35 260 10379 8925 31 257 28 266 31 253 8925 7629 42 241 25 261 30 250 7629 6475 43 229 27 244 29 238 6475 5455 33 223 25*223 34 223 5455 4556 25 229 22*214 36 216 4556 3761 24*237 21 213 35 213 3761 3047 20*234 20 211 33 211 3047 2416 17 229 19 210 32 207 2416 1888 17 229 18 209 29 204 1888 1482 16 228 17 209 26 200 1482 1203 15 228 16 209 21 195 1203 1034 14 228 15 208 17*193 1034 938 11 227 12 208 9*190 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography